The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20

| English soil, for the conception OF sentiment
and situation as we'll rs OF rhetorical attrac-
tiveness and prose rhythm which German
artists keep in view is not an English concep-
tion. still harder Is II to transfer from the
ono language to another. without obfus-
eating or repeling an English reader.
tho rugged. jolting. now polygonal and now
disjointed completely and LONELINESS OF phrase
and sentence with which German scientist ID
wont to deliver the outcome OF his lucuDra-
tions and researches. Both kinds OF diIncuity
were combined In narrative IKE the 'no Oh
Lepsius In which tho subject Is ut times de-
picted with tenderness and anon weighed ana
measured not indeed In cold ana unappreci-
ative spirit. but with an anxious eye TO truth
ana justice rs an ERyptologist ana phlioio-
gist. we DO out attest sense Oh inc deep
obligation which VIII pe recogniZea py Ill
readers OF this biography In It's English garo
when wo bear witness to the TACT that OF the
diverse and stubborn obstacles when the
translator had TO surmount' especially In the
case OF extracts from the sc,ontihc WRIT
ings OF Lepsius himself, not trace appears
upon tho limpid ana charming surface OF
tnis version. we shouiu Huu that there are
many pages II not wnoie cnapters' OF this
DOCK which could not nave peen maae IN
teiiigiole py translator VINO had not
Drought 10 the WORK SO large an acquaintance
win inc WRITINGS OF En2lsh Egyptoioglsts as
TO 20 nj least lamiiiar win the general trehd
ana purport OF the conclusions sanctioned py
the pest a"thorltles anu inc technlcai 'ocAou-
iary Which every new science tenos 10 evoiVe.
MOI 10 wish 10 know nj least as much Oh hich-
ara Lensius us Is mere maue posslDie anu
pleasant Is to be content 10 bide outside OF
even the penumpra OF the educated woriu. In
tho resplendent list OF names that stretches
lor the enrichment OF human knowleuRe py
ne" SCIENCE ana Fhst expansion OF tne hori-
Zon Oh history-LepsluS VIII Keep uhchaiisnReu
ht lciSt we secohd p.ce. IL ihhe'u' ne ought W
yielu INC nrSt' 10 'he eariiest ueciphercl vi
EGYPTIAN hiero2iyphlcs. Me- NJ I'LL events ialn
deep ana urn me louhuations' drew inc plah'
ana set the corner stone OF the ma]estic euihce'
sun lar from comp!etion' lor which ohampoi-
ion i'u put surveyed the Erouhu ulsco'ereu
the inater'ais' ana ueViseo 'he toois. Inc mere
caeaiosue OF III .he services Oh Lepsius 10
ES'ptoiosS. ihcludihi' ts pniioioeicai' ihythoio
eical' chrohoio%lcai' ihetroiosical. ana histori-
cal outErowths or au]uncts HIS twelve pages
forming an appehalN 10 THIS DOCK. but some
OF inc GROUNDS on whlch ne heriteu inc homage
winch his ulscipie' hhers mas mere paid NM
are or ought 10 De 1athilar 10 every well-ih-
iormeu man ana woman OF our tiine II was
me- LOT instance. VINO perceived the Goptlc
tongue 10 pe merely u iate form Oh tne uemotlc
ihhs"age popuiariy spoken Ill inc Mic lahu III
inc time OF the ltoiemles, anu VINO hrSt
discovered the truth, since developed and
established by Ebers ana others that not
only the semitic nut inc ihPnican aipha-
pet ltS'if' must De traced DhcR TO tho Egyptian
hleratr. III was he VINO, before the despatch
OF inc niemorapie RUSSIAN eApedltloh 10
Egypt had eVolved from chaos OF con-
EGYPTIAN history ana scheme OF mythol-
osy. ms personal researches IN the necrop-
OILS OF Memnhis led 10 MS ntultlve sepa-
ration OF the twelfth from the eighteenth dynas-
W ana 10 the assignment OF It's correct placeto
the lhcursloh OF the HySsos. assumptions alter
""ra 'eriieu py the lapiet Oh the hlngs louhd
Ut ho!uos. 10 LepsluS we owe the discovery
III inc isiahd beyond the lirst cataract OF u re-
pupHcntioh Oh the eccleslastlcal decree IN
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